The perennial naughty schoolboy is entering his eighth decade as youthful as ever, with help from YouTube star Joe Sugg and a panel of young readers
Seventy years ago, on 17 March 1951, Dennis the Menace first strolled on to the pages of the Beano. The iconic red and black jumper of today was eschewed for a shirt and tie, and his faithful pooch Gnasher was nowhere to be seen, but – as he defied an order to “keep off the grass” – Dennis was as much of a menace then as he is today.
Dreamed up when the Beano editor, George Moonie, heard a music hall song called Dennis the Menace from Venice, Dennis was the first naughty kid character for the Beano, which was first published by DC Thomson in July 1938.
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